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Conrad, Charlie,
thank you so much for joining me today.

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I mean,
you're both lifers really in the field of

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the chemicals industry,
the net zero transition, sustainability,

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and and green tech.

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So I think talking about how innovation
and collaboration can drive the net zero

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transition in your industry is a home
turf for both of you.

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Conrad, I'd like to start with you.

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You've often said leading in the net zero
transition is something that's very close

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to your heart at Clariant.

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That's also why you're a founding member
of the Global Impact Coalition.

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Why?

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How did this come about?

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Our company, Clariant,
is all about chemistry for a cause,

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for a greater cause:

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our purpose statement of the company's
greater chemistry between people and

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planet.

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And for us,
that is really the driver of growth.

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What made you choose that path of getting
together with other companies in the GIC

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to do this together?

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Clariant is a frontrunner in
sustainability, but we cannot do it alone.

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What we very much like in this coalition
is that it is not a group where people

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talk with one another,
but where there's basically active

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projects—where companies together come up
with new innovations to drive

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sustainability. And Charlie,
you've mentioned this before that the

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transition to net zero needs to be
business case led.

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What's a very practical example of how
you're doing this together?

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So to give you maybe a very concrete
example as what are the sorts of projects

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that we are focusing on,

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and then how do we dive into that from a
sustainability case,

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from a commercially viability case as
well.

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So we have a project looking at
end-of-life vehicles.

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We are looking at how do we create the
business case knowing that we have the

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companies around the table who have
essentially offtake demand for all of

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this plastic fraction.

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And then how do we then link that across
from a value chain perspective.

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So working with these sources,
the dismantlers, the shredders, the OEMs,

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for example,
in order to create a business case that

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wouldn't have been able to exist if any
one company was to try to do this alone.

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And then, of course, the question is,
how are you then able to scale this

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through the Global Impact Coalition
members?

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I'd like to stay on that scaling
challenge for a moment.

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Conrad,

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if you look towards the future of the net
zero transition,

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what are some of the trends and the
technologies that you feel are really

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going to make an impact?

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Sure.

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Well,
if I look at this from a Clariant

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perspective,
what for us is a key development is the

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energy transition,

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circularity is a core trend where we also
enable, for example,

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chemical recycling or mechanical
recycling.

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And then there is a broader trend where
consumers get more and more aware of

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sustainability,
and are increasingly asking for these

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products.

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Conrad,
thank you for sharing that example.

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Thank you both for joining me here today.

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Thank you.